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Stag's Leap Wine CellarsvsCastello di Amorosa
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and Castello di Amorosa are both recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Castello di Amorosa scores slightly better than Stag's Leap Wine Cellars. Castello di Amorosa scores 82 with accolades from 4 reviewers like Frommer's, Lonely Planet and Travel + Leisure.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Afar Magazine
Frommer's
5766 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558
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Fodor's "A 1973 Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon put this winery and the Napa Valley on the enological map by placing first in the famous Paris tasting of 1976." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Decades after winning first place at the 1976 Judgment of Paris wine tasting, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is still highly respected for its Cabernet Sauvignons." Full review
Afar Magazine "A must see, go and enjoy the Cabernet Sauvignons of this estate from their vineyards FAY, S.L.V. and CASK 23." Full review
Frommer's "Visit the charmingly landscaped, unfussy winery and its very cramped "tasting room"...a 1-hour tour and tasting runs through everything from the vineyard and production facilities" Full review
Castello di Amorosa Fodor's Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet Afar Magazine
U.S. News & World Report Travel + Leisure Frommer's
4045 N. St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga, CA 94515
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Fodor's "An astounding medieval structure complete with drawbridge and moat, chapel, stables, and secret passageways, the Castello commands Diamond Mountain's lower eastern slope." Full review
Travel + Leisure " Guests can follow a two-hour tour, complete with a sampling of wines in the great hall and blending seminar on how to make Super-Tuscans.
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Lonely Planet "It took 14 years to build this perfectly replicated, 13th-century Italian castle, complete with moat, hand-cut stone walls, ceiling frescoes by Italian artisans." Full review
Afar Magazine "Castello di Amorosa is an architectural wonderland right in the middle of Napa Valley." Full review
U.S. News & World Report4.0
"Mystifies visitors of all ages. If the allure of seeing a moat, a drawbridge — even a torture chamber — in Northern California is not enough, recent guests also vouch for the wine." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The owners of one California winery took their connection to the wine world (and Italian heritage) seriously, building a medieval-style Tuscan castle on their estate."
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Frommer's "The exuberant, over-the-top European pretensions of some Napa landlords are immoderately on display at this sublime, huge, medieval-style castle...owner Daryl Sattui also runs the V. Sattui Winery" Full review
